{"id":922,"date":"2020-04-03T01:53:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T01:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/?p=922"},"modified":"2020-04-03T03:33:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T03:33:44","slug":"natalia-goncharovas-avant-garde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/sbell2\/natalia-goncharovas-avant-garde\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalia Goncharova’s Avant Garde"},"content":{"rendered":"

Natalia Goncharova’s art is trailblazing, even for the avant-garde art scene. She is unique in that she is a woman, as women did not reach the levels of fame she did in art. However, I found her style and boldness in the artworks to be quite intricate. Goncharova was known for her radical art in the Jack of Diamonds group, and her pieces often were fragmented reflections of Russian society. However, the work that struck meetups the most was her self-portrait, painted in 1907.<\/span><\/p>\n

Titled\u00a0<\/span>Self-Portrait with Yellow Lillies<\/span><\/em>, the piece does not seem as bold as her other pieces, yet it holds skill that is distinctive of expressionism. Her self-portrait is reminiscent of those done similarly by the artist Vincent van Gogh, who was known for his bold expressionist self-portraits. The way Goncharova painted herself looking directly at the viewer gives off extreme confidence. She framed herself as a creator in this painting–this is obvious by the unfinished pieces behind her. Both her confidant gaze and the works behind Goncharova indicate that she is very proud of her art and not at all worried about backlash. She seems calm and in control of her surroundings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The colors Goncharova chose to use in her self-portrait are telling of additional details. Again, she is bold and bright in her usage of colors. The brightness, rather than overpowering the portrait, adds a dynamic nature and emotion. The pink and orange tinges brightening her face make her look, in a way, imperfectly perfect, as viewers can connect with the confidence this painted flush adds. The flower bouquet Goncharova holds is especially eye-catching. The glowing oranges, reds, and yellows in the flowers are especially stunning. The flowers are like a torch, lighting up the piece. The bold colors she chose are again similar to Van Gogh’s bright color choices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The influence of expressionism in avant-garde art seems to be a popular choice in Russia, and across Western Europe. I think it would be interesting to cover both expressionism and impressionism in European art, and how Russian avant-garde artists incorporated that style and made it their own.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Natalia Goncharova’s art is trailblazing, even for the avant-garde art scene. She is unique in that she is a woman, as women did not reach the levels of fame she did in art. However, I found her style and boldness in the artworks to be quite intricate. Goncharova was known for her radical art in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unit-9-the-silver-age-and-revolution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}